CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Stark County has had as many traffic fatalities so far in 2026 than all of last year.
33 people have been killed on the county’s highways in 31 different accidents.
33 was the 2025 fatality total.
The Stark County Traffic Fatality Review Committee recently looked over the 12 fatal crashes from the third quarter, indicating that nine of them involved drug or alcohol use, and five involved a failure to wear seat belts.
The numbers were high in 2021 coming out of the pandemic, with 39 people killed on county roadways.
